Donalda is a village in

central Alberta Central Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. Central Alberta is the most densely populated rural area in the province. Agriculture and energy are important to the area's economy. Geography Central Alberta is bordere ...

, Canada that is east of Ponoka. It was founded in 1911 and takes its name from Donalda Crossway, a niece of Sir

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Canadian Northern Railway The Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) was a historic Canadian transcontinental railway. At its 1923 merger into the Canadian National Railway , the CNoR owned a main line between Quebec City and Vancouver via Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Edmonton. Mani ...

official. It is home to the "World's Largest Oil Lamp", standing at high, the structure is one of the

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. The village was first named Eidswold by the Norwegian settlers who first founded the community. It was renamed Donalda in 1910, when the railroad came through.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...

, the Village of Donalda had a population of 226 living in 109 of its 123 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 219. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Donalda recorded a population of 219 living in 115 of its 131 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 259. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Education

Donalda School

Notable people

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, steer wrestler * Robert E. Collin, distinguished electrical engineering professor *

Tricia Helfer Tricia Janine Helfer (born April 11, 1974) is a Canadian-American actress and former model. She played the enigmatic Cylon model Number Six in the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' series (2004–2009). She also voiced Sarah Kerrigan in ''S ...

, Actress/model, best known for playing Number Six in the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica''

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, is from Donalda.Profile
tvguide.com; accessed April 12, 2014.

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* {{Subdivisions of Alberta, villages=yes 1912 establishments in Alberta Villages in Alberta

Demographics

Education

Notable people

See also

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